Barrel-shelf.



A. HUGHES.

BARREL SHELF.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 19,1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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ALONZO HUGHES, 0F HOUSTON, TEXAS.

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Specification of Lettere,Patent. 7 Application filed June 19, 1908. Eerial No. 439,428.

EJNITE insane the hen ,ers may lie turned to a lane parallel with t e shelf A as shown in 1g. 2, so that their upright portions may he moved toe position below the shelf if desiqed, or the hanger rods may be swung from the position .shown in 2 to a osition in which their u right POI'lZlOIlBi will e at a rigll'l'engle to tlih plane of the shelf A, and seidupright P01110118 may then be adjusted into the notches A to prevent an swin 'n of the shelf when-sue ended I) t e hoo '1 c all whom it may comes/z: Be it known that I, ALONZO Huonns, s citizen of the United States, and a resident of Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Berrehshelves, of which the following is e specification;

This invention is an improvement hari'ei shelves and has for an object to provide. a. portable barrel shelf whichcan he conveniently siplied on a barrel to beer the weight or a sac and its contents in filling the sack free ends of t e uprig t arms, when such and which can be conveniently folded into hooks are en%sged wit the edge of a. barrel, compact form and stored in a small space as shown in *ig. l

When adjusted for use as shown inFig. l, in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts as will hehe'r'einsfter described and claimed. In the drawing, Figure hiss pers ective view of my improvecl shelf ss inuse, t e her: rel'being indicated in dotted lines. Fi 2 is a perspective view of the shelf wit the hanger rods folded, and Fig, 3 is a. detail section of the shelf on about line3-3 of Fig. 1

The shelf A is conformed at one edge A to, the barrel, being curved at said ed 'e as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and is providid in said curved edge with notches A to receive the upright arms of the hangers when 'the letter are adjusted to position for use as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The hangers B have their base rods B at approximately a right snyle to their upright arms B and the said base rods B are 'ournaled to and slideble along the shelf A, heing held to the latter by means of loops 7 on the under side of the shelf A in alinement with the notches A and I receiving the base rod B. The hangers me he moved in connection with the shelf A in such manner as to set the said hangers into and out of engegement'with, the notches A l in the curved edge A of the shelf. By this the notc and the securely to the barrel in such manner as to press against the barrel and take considerahlest 'sin oil of the iron hooks. v

The sacks for reeeivin the material from the barrel me rest on t e shelf and, mani festly the she n'my lie inade in different es A moi of considerable mid'the like.

"I claim- The improvement herein described'comprising a. shelf hsvin end hen ers hsvi and slide le alon t in aline'ment wit said notches, and he u right srnisedeptedfor s movemenhof the hase rods into and out of the notches, theslid hevin at theiriree ends "11 ks to e oge over t e barrel, substantially lie-set $0,

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W. T. Tonnes, E. S. Coupon. 1

ase rods journsled to slzes and adapted for lightmaterial or mate-.' weight, such ,cs dry paintin one edge notches,

adjustmentby the v at the the upri ht arms of the hangers will rest in I ll shelf will be "held e under side of the shelf upright arms 

